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− | '''Iron Mountain''' is an industry leader in the protection and storage of information, and works with both physical and electronic files. 97% of the companies generally listed on the Fortune 1000 use Iron Mountain as their information manager.<ref>[http://www.ironmountain.com/company/about-us.html Iron Mountain About]</ref> | + | '''Iron Mountain''' is an industry leader in the protection and storage of information, working with both physical and electronic files. 97% of Fortune 1000 companies use Iron Mountain as their information manager.<ref>[http://www.ironmountain.com/company/about-us.html Iron Mountain About]</ref> |
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| + | Iron Mountain was selected by [[ICANN]] to function as its Registrar Data Escrow ([[RDE]]) agent in November, 2007.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-13feb08.htm ICANN announcement]</ref> |
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− | Iron Mountain was selected by ICANN to function as its Registrar Data Escrow ([[RDE]]) agent in November, 2007.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-13feb08.htm ICANN announcement]</ref>
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| ==Business Scope and History== | | ==Business Scope and History== |
− | The company was started when Herman Knaust decided to market the old mine he had purchased to grow mushrooms in as a storage facility for important corporate documents.<ref>[http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2002/05/20/daily2.html BizJournals]</ref> | + | The company was started when Herman Knaust decided in 1951 to market the old mine he had purchased to grow mushrooms as a storage facility for important corporate documents.<ref>[http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2002/05/20/daily2.html BizJournals]</ref> |
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| Iron Mountain now has more than 45 million sq. ft. of storage space in more than 1,000 facilities in 37 countries.<ref>[http://www.ironmountain.com/records/management/records-management-and-storage.html Iron Mountain Records Management]</ref><ref>[http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2002/05/20/daily2.html BizJournals]</ref> | | Iron Mountain now has more than 45 million sq. ft. of storage space in more than 1,000 facilities in 37 countries.<ref>[http://www.ironmountain.com/records/management/records-management-and-storage.html Iron Mountain Records Management]</ref><ref>[http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2002/05/20/daily2.html BizJournals]</ref> |
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− | They have been growing and diversifying their business since going public in 1996, and they have acquired more than 100 companies throughout their company's history.<ref>[http://www.networkcomputing.com/backup-recovery/consolidation-reshapes-online-backup-market.php?p=2 Network Computing Journal]</ref> In 2001, they invested $25 million in their digital archiving business.<ref>[http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2002/05/20/daily2.html BizJournals]</ref> A year later they acquired Connected Corp. for $117 million and began pushing into the online data backup market.<ref>[http://www.networkcomputing.com/backup-recovery/consolidation-reshapes-online-backup-market.php?p=2 Network Computing Journal]</ref> Much of Iron Mountain's growth has been overseen by its CEO Richard Reese, who ran the company from 1981 until 2008; he was succeeded by [[Robert Brennan]].<ref>[http://www.forbes.com/2008/06/27/business-global-brennan-lead-cx_mk_0627qa.html Forbes]</ref> Brennan came to Iron Mountain via its acquisition of Connected Corp. | + | They have been growing and diversifying their business since going public in 1996, and have acquired more than 100 companies throughout their company's history.<ref>[http://www.networkcomputing.com/backup-recovery/consolidation-reshapes-online-backup-market.php?p=2 Network Computing Journal]</ref> In 2001, they invested $25 million in their digital archiving business.<ref>[http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2002/05/20/daily2.html BizJournals]</ref> A year later they acquired Connected Corp. for $117 million and began pushing into the online data backup market.<ref>[http://www.networkcomputing.com/backup-recovery/consolidation-reshapes-online-backup-market.php?p=2 Network Computing Journal]</ref> Much of Iron Mountain's growth has been overseen by former CEO [[Richard Reese]], who ran the company from 1981 until 2008; he was succeeded by [[Robert Brennan]].<ref>[http://www.forbes.com/2008/06/27/business-global-brennan-lead-cx_mk_0627qa.html Forbes]</ref> Brennan came to Iron Mountain via its acquisition of Connected Corp. |
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| ==Iron Mountain and ICANN== | | ==Iron Mountain and ICANN== |
− | [[ICANN]] selected Iron Mountain to be the digital escrow agent for its [[RDE]] program.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-13feb08.htm ICANN announcement]</ref> This program is designed to secure the Internet's domain name system by protecting important data through Iron Mountain's digital department. [[ICANN]] now requires registrars to escrow critical registration data that could then be released to [[ICANN]] should their be a termination of the registrar's accreditation agreement. Iron Mountain also provides registry data escrow services.<ref>ICANN40 Interview</ref> | + | [[ICANN]] selected Iron Mountain to be the digital escrow agent for its [[RDE]] program.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-13feb08.htm ICANN announcement]</ref> This program is designed to secure the Internet's [[DNS|domain name system]] by protecting important data through Iron Mountain's digital department. [[ICANN]] now requires registrars to escrow critical registration data that could then be released to [[ICANN]], should there be a termination of the registrar's accreditation agreement. Iron Mountain also provides registry data escrow services.<ref>ICANN40 Interview</ref> |
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− | At the time of the agreement in 2008, Iron Mountain immediately made itself available to the more than 900 [[ICANN]]-accredited domain name registrars; though any registrar could also choose to use a different third party provider as the escrow agent.<ref>[http://www.ironmountain.com/news/2007/impr11282007.asp Iron Mountain News]</ref> | + | At the time of the agreement in 2008, Iron Mountain immediately made itself available to the more than 900 [[ICANN]]-accredited domain name registrars, though any registrar could also choose to use a different third party provider as the escrow agent.<ref>[http://www.ironmountain.com/news/2007/impr11282007.asp Iron Mountain News]</ref> |
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| ==References== | | ==References== |
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| [[Category: Companies]] | | [[Category: Companies]] |